I need to change the IDS section that pulls the telephoneNumber attribute form AD. The current set up pulls the entire number from AD. Mitel section in IDS is called Primary phone directory I only need it to pull the last 4 numbers.

I can also add the "telephoneNumber attribute in the DID section of the IDS, will this break anything?

You won't break anything because the IDS AD field mappings are used to query AD - nothing goes into the Mitel database until you actually provision the user.

The idea is - those Mitel fields that you are manually entering data into (eg, the 4-digit extension number) each have a name. You use the IDS field name mappings to map the Mitel name to the AD Attribute name where that number is stored.

You should at the very least have the internal extension number and the DID number in AD. Doesn't matter what AD attribute you've used because the IDS screen lets you map the Mitel fields to the Attribute names of your choosing.

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You won't break anything because the IDS AD field mappings are used to query AD - nothing goes into the Mitel database until you actually provision the user.

The idea is - those Mitel fields that you are manually entering data into (eg, the 4-digit extension number) each have a name. You use the IDS field name mappings to map the Mitel name to the AD Attribute name where that number is stored.

You should at the very least have the internal extension number and the DID number in AD. Doesn't matter what AD attribute you've used because the IDS screen lets you map the Mitel fields to the Attribute names of your choosing.

You won't break anything because the IDS AD field mappings are used to query AD - nothing goes into the Mitel database until you actually provision the user.

The idea is - those Mitel fields that you are manually entering data into (eg, the 4-digit extension number) each have a name. You use the IDS field name mappings to map the Mitel name to the AD Attribute name where that number is stored.

You should at the very least have the internal extension number and the DID number in AD. Doesn't matter what AD attribute you've used because the IDS screen lets you map the Mitel fields to the Attribute names of your choosing.

Thank you, Would you know what attribute for the extension I can use in the attributes inside the AD that will map to the "Primary Phone Directory Number"

You choose the mapping in the IDS screen where it says "Default Attribute mappings" - against Mitel's "Primary Phone Directory Number", you type in the name of the AD Attribute that you have used in your own AD to hold the 4-digit internal extension numbers.

There are about 12 AD attributes to choose from to put phone numbers in:
telephoneNumberotherTelephone
homePhoneotherHomePhonepagerotherPagerMobileotherMobilefacsimileTelephoneNumberotherFacsimileTelephoneNumberipPhoneotherIpPhone